【《We Chinese in America》Media Editor Tang Zhao, August 14, 2022】The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated its Covid-19 guidance on Thursday because, the agency says, the virus presents a lower risk of severe disease, hospitalization, and death than it did at the start of 2020. (COVID Image from CDC)
Greta Massetti, a CDC epidemiologist said, in a statement, “This guidance acknowledges that the pandemic is not over, but also helps us move to a point where COVID-19 no longer severely disrupts our daily lives”.
If you’re not up-to-date with your vaccines and have been exposed to Covid, you no longer need to quarantine. Instead, it’s recommended that you mask for 10 days and get tested on Day Five.
Assuming you do test positive for Covid, here are the CDC’s updated guidelines:
- If you’ve tested positive and have a healthy immune system, regardless of vaccination status, you should isolate for five days. Isolation can be ended at Day Six if you no longer have symptoms or have not had a fever for 24 hours and your symptoms have improved.
- Once isolation has ended, the agency recommends you wear a high-quality maskthrough Day 10. If you test negative on two rapid antigen tests, though, you can stop wearing your mask sooner.
- Until Day 11 at least, you should refrain from visiting or being around people who are more likely to have severe outcomes from Covid, including the elderly and people with weakened immune systems.
Those with weakened immune systems or people who were hospitalized before with Covid are encouraged to isolate for 10 days and consult with their doctor before ending isolation. Likewise if you are experiencing shortness of breath due to the virus, you’re recommended to isolate for 10 days.
This means students can now stay in the classroom this fall even if they’ve been exposed to Covid, the CDC said on Wednesday. It’s still recommended that students and school staff mask for 10 days and test on Day Five in the case of an exposure.
The push for this decision may come from a new statistic: 95% of the U.S. population has some level of immunity against Covid, according to Massetti.
“High levels of population immunity due to vaccination and previous infection and the many available tools to protect the general population and protect people at higher risk allow us to focus on protecting people from serious illness from Covid,” she said during a call with reporters on Thursday.
(Source: CNBCmakeit)
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Dining with Asian Food and Wine
Dining with Asian Food and Wine: August OBON FESTIVAL in Japan
By
Ronald Jan, M. D.
The month of August (7th Lunar month) marks Japan’s famous Obon Festival. Of Buddhist origin this festival honors the deceased ancestors and is celebrated in August with food and a special Obon Dance. The food originally followed Buddhist traditions of being primarily vegetarian but over the years the festival has adopted a variety of foods. In Sacramento at his restaurant, Kru’s owner and chef, Billy Ngo, features many traditional and contemporary Japanese dishes suitable for the Obon Festival.
[Uni Panna Cotta. Photo Courtesy of Ronald Jan, M.D.]
One such contemporary dish is Uni Panna Cotta. Here the Chef and owner of Kru, Billy Ngo, has taken a traditional Italian custard-like dessert (Panna Cotta) and by blending bits of cooked SEA URCHIN with cream to form a creamy custard. It yields a briny yet creamy appetizer topped with bits of raw SEA URCHIN.
[Uni Panna Cotta with bread & tempura. Photo Courtesy of Ronald Jan, M.D.]
This is then served with thin slices of bread baked in his restaurant then grilled to make a crisp, biscotti-like accompaniment and tempura covered SEAWEED.
As with many sea foods this dish would pair well with many white wines especially from port cities sufficiently aromatic with enough acid to cut through the creaminess of the Panna Cotta. Examples of such wines are Spain’s Albarino or Treixidura, France’s Muscadet Sevre et Maine (aka Melon de Bourgogne), and Greece’s Assyrtiko.
Spain’s Albarino from Rias Baixas
[Photo Courtesy of Ronald Jan, M.D.]
France’s Muscadet Sevre et Maine (aka Melon de Bourgogne) from Loire Valley
[Photo Courtesy of Ronald Jan, M.D.]
Greece’s Assyrtiko from Island of Santorini
[Photo Courtesy of Ronald Jan, M.D.]
or a sparkling wine such as Lusso Della Terra’s Barbera Petillant Naturel (aka “Pet-Nat”) in Amador County, California.
Lusso Della Terra’s Barbera Petillant (aka “Pet-Nat”)
[Photo Courtesy of Ronald Jan, M.D.]
This “Pet-Nat” has sufficient acid from both the Barbera grape and the Petillant Naturel Process. The berry flavors of raspberries and red cherries will balance the briny flavors of Uni (Sea Urchin) and the acid will cut through and contrast the creamy texture of the Panna Cotta.
[Obon Dancers. Photo from www.bestofwhere.com]
The Obon Festival is highlighted by a special Obon Dance with dancers in traditional Kimonos. Whether you dance or simply enjoy the serenity and beauty of the dance, you will enjoy the Uni Panna Cotta and Lusso Della Terra’s Barbera Pet-Nat sparkling wine.
About the author: Dr. Ronald G. Jan who specializes in Vascular Surgery is a Clinical Professor of Surgery at the University of California at Davis School of Medicine. As a hobby, he holds WSET level 3 certification in wines and has been writing and publishing wine commentaries attracting lots of readers.
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【《We Chinese in America》Media Editor Tang Zhao, August 11, 2022】Attorney General Merrick Garland said today that he "personally approved the decision to seek a search warrant" for former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort. Garland said the department "does not take such actions lightly" and first pursues "less intrusive" means to retrieve material. Garland noted that it was Trump's "right" to reveal Monday's FBI search of his property and that all Americans are entitled to a presumption of innocence. Garland added that the Justice Department has asked to make public the property receipt detailing what agents found inside the Trump property.
Conservative journalist reported that Trump was sent the subpoena months before the FBI searched his Mar-a-Lago home in Florida on Monday. The source familiar with the matter said the subpoena was related to documents that Trump’s legal team discussed with Justice Department officials at a previously reported meeting on June 3.
The federal officials who went to Mar-a-Lago for the June meeting were "coming down to retrieve the documents that were being requested" in the subpoena, the source familiar with the matter said, adding that the meeting was arranged with the Trump team's understanding that turning over relevant documents that day would fulfill the subpoena.
The New York Times reported that federal officials were prompted to conduct the search of Mar-a-Lago because uncollected material was particularly sensitive to national security.
The source familiar with the matter told NBC News that Trump's lawyers last heard from the Justice Department before the FBI search shortly after the June meeting when federal officials asked for additional security in the storage facility where documents were held. Trump's team added a second lock to the basement storage area, the source said.
(Source: NBC News)
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【《We Chinese in America》Media Editor Tang Zhao, August 12, 2022】The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled against the Republican former president, saying the committee's request was justified as part of its legislative work. The Democratic-led House Ways and Means Committee said it expects to receive the tax records immediately.(Mar-a- Largo Image from Business Insider)
The court found that the Democratic-led House Ways and Means Committee committee's request did not violate separation of powers principles under the U.S. Constitution and that the decision by President Joe Biden's administration to provide Trump's tax returns to Congress did not infringe upon Trump's free speech rights.
The decision could lead to Trump's financial dealings being revealed before the next presidential election. Trump has not announced whether he will run again for president in 2024.
The tax ruling came a day after Trump said FBI agents raided his Florida estate and accessed his safe in what his son said was part of an investigation into the former president's removal of official records from the White House.
The Ways and Means Committee sued in 2019, during Trump's presidency, to force disclosure of the tax returns. The dispute has lingered since Trump left office in January 2021.
The D.C. Circuit rejected arguments by Trump's lawyers that the records should be withheld because the panel's motives for seeking them were political. Steven Mnuchin, the Trump-appointed treasury secretary at the time, refused to honor the committee's document request.
"When the committee makes a request that is within its authority to make, i.e., within Congress's investigative power, the (treasury) secretary does not have a choice as to whether to provide the information," the court said.
A district judge in December 2021 dismissed Trump's bid to keep his tax returns from the House panel, ruling that the legislative interest of Congress outweighed any deference he should receive as a former president.
Trump was the first president in four decades not to release his tax returns, records that would reveal details of his wealth and the activities of his family company, the Trump Organization.
Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said, "Access to the former president's tax returns is crucial to upholding the public interest, our national security and our democracy."
(Source: Reuters.com)
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【《We Chinese in America》Media Editor Tang Zhao, August 11, 2022】Per County of San Diego Communications Office, San Diegans are invited to learn about monkeypox, the risks, and the County’s response to the local health emergency at a virtual monkeypox townhall from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 11. (Photo credit: County of San Diego Communications Office)
The event is hosted by County Board of Supervisors Chair Nathan Fletcher and the County of San Diego Health and Human Services Agency. County Chief Medical Officer, Eric McDonald, M.D. will moderate the conversation, which will cover the County’s monkeypox education efforts, the risk to the public, along with prevention methods and treatment options.
Joining McDonald will be public health and community leaders, including San Diego mayor Todd Gloria, Nick Macchione, Health and Human Services Agency Director, Wilma J. Wooten, M.D., M.P.H., County Public Health Officer, Ankita Kadakia, M.D., Deputy County Public Health Officer, Winston Tilghman, M.D., County HIV, STD & Hepatitis Branch Medical Director and Patrick Loose, Branch Chief. San Diego HIV Planning Group Chair, Mikie Lochner, will speak on the impacts of monkeypox on the LBGTQ community.
Those interested in joining the virtual webinar can do so confidentially. Questions can be submitted in advance via an online portal on the County’s monkeypox webpage. In addition, there will be an option to submit questions via private chat during the session.
The event will be recorded and will be available shortly after the event on the County’s monkeypox website.
To receive the latest information about the local monkeypox outbreak on your phone, text COSD MONKEYPOX to 468-311. More details about monkeypox including how to prevent it, who should get vaccinated and a current case count is available on the County’s monkeypox website.
Virtual Monkeypox Townhall
Thursday, August 11 from 6 to 7:30 p.m.
tinyurl.com/MonkeypoxTownhall
US: +1 669 900 6833
Webinar ID: 840 2176 3751
Passcode: 576964
(Source: County of San Diego Communications Office)
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